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President Benigno Aquino III has admitted that Malacañang’s legal staff is helping Justice Secretary Leila de Lima deal with her problems in the ongoing selection process for chief justice. The President told reporters in Filipino: “Our legal staff is working on it, it’s helping her and it’s best to wait for the [Judicial and Bar Council] process to end before I can make a comment.” De Lima is facing 3 consolidated disbarment complaints. Under JBC rules, nominees facing disbarment complaints and administrative cases are disqualified from judiciary posts. The dismissed chief justice, Renato Corona, was impeached on account of his close ties with the president who appointed him, former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
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